What a week.. Monday through Friday I was going to the bathroom at least five times every day. It would all stop around 4pm though and not bother me during the night. I thought in the beginning that it was caused by having the dish with hot chilies at the Mexican restaurant on Sunday. By Friday I knew I had to do something. I downed a 4 oz. ($5!!) bottle of Pepto Bismol and headed to Amy’s house for dinner. That night it was apparent that the Pepto wasn’t having much effect, so I began taking Immodium AD. I went home and returned the next morning to watch the Michigan game. By Saturday evening things were so bad that I couldn’t drive home. At 3am (Sunday) I had Amy drive me to the emergency room. I was diagnosed with an intestinal infection. I’m going to be on antibiotics for a few days. I’m told if I get into the sunlight I’ll get a rash from this medicine. So…my first thanksgiving in California where it will be sunny and warm…and I can’t go outside. I spent Sunday watching DVDs with Amy and letting her take care of me. I went home early Sunday because I had gotten maybe a few hours of sleep Saturday night. When I got home and was getting ready to go to bed I went to brush my teeth. When I picked up the brush –bzzzap!- the light went out. The electricity in the bathroom and my bedroom had gone out and apparently nowhere else was affected. I looked for the fuse box…and couldn’t find one anywhere. Maybe fuse boxes are an east coast thing… Now, during this sickness, I’ve always felt very cold. It doesn’t get that cold in so-cal, but it can get down to 45 degrees indoors at night if you don’t have central air (which we don’t). Last weekend I bought a space heater to combat this cold. Now, however, the electricity was off, so I was left to shiver under blankets the whole night. So let’s recap: I’m really sick, in terrible pain, feel really cold, and have only slept a few hours in the past two days… I get home to go to sleep, and the power goes out before I can even brush my teeth or begin heating up my room… If there was ever a time for someone to think that god was having a good laugh at your expense…. Speaking of expense..does anybody know how much a trip to the emergency room costs without insurance? They refused to tell me before I left the hospital, that is probably a bad sign.
Goodbye savings account, I’ll miss you.
